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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-04-30
HEARD FROM AGAIN.

FoRr BENTON, April q, 1887.

FoRT BENTON, April q, 1887.
Editor Of tie Great Fails Tribune:
SIR-If you will grant M space once
more, | desire to correct some malicious
intentional mistakes which the R5cer Press
has made. This is, however, a well known
trait extensively possessed by the Press
editor. The flip editor of that sheet is
greatly in error when he conceives the
idea that the article which appeared in
the TRIBUNE of the 23rd inst, was not
written by the party indicated. The
steamer Rosebud arrived here the Goth
inst, at 2 o'clock p. N. Now, to inform
the public how the jackass, wind-pump
editor of the Press can blow when he is in
good condition (and it is now about his
windy season. l wish to say Chat the above
named steamer arrived at the Cra-con-du-
nez bar at 12 o'clock Monday the 25th
inst, and she was stuck there until Tues
day morning. In the meantime she was
unloaded until she drew only Is inches
of water. Then steam was put IN and the
battle with the bar commenced in earnest;
the water finally cut a slight channel, and
while this work of the water was going
| on the whole crew was set about daming
| the river SO as to throw the main body of
water to the boat, when about 4 o'clock a.
II. the boat accomplished the difficult feat
of sliding over the bar. Reloading COM
menced at once, and about 5 o'clock a. m.
she proceeded toward the so-called
head of navigation, having many grave
doubts of ever reaching there with her
full cargo, this being the most difficult
| portion of the river from Bismarck to Ft.
Benton. After getting over the Cra-con-
du-nez bar, the boat finally arrived in
sight of town about I o'cleck a. m. She
hattttled with the had.of the river until
| about 2 o'clock p. m., when she was just
opposite T. C. Power s. Bro. warehouse.
Now to show up the Press again in its
windy, WayWard course; it says: IF there
had been no wind the boat would easily
| have came up from the Shonkin without
| putting out q line The fact is the line
had to be used unsparingly from the Shon-
kin to opposite T. C. Power s. Bro S ware
house, where the boat struck navigable
water and pulled up to Murphy, Maclay
& Co.'S warehouse, a distance of not less
than a quarter of a mile, through the
swiftest water any where between the
Shonkin and this place, as everybody here
knows, without any assistance Of the line.
This is a good sample of the windy, lying
statements which fill the columns Of the
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Rioer Press. Capt. Todd, Of course, could
report 80 inches of water at the Cra-con-
du-nez bar after working there so hard to
get over, and | challenge the correctness
and truthfulness of the statement made by
the Press, that Capt. Todd said he did not
have to tighten up at any place; now this
is also another sample of windy balder-
dash which | credit to the Press. If Capt.
Todd made such a statement it was just d
joke, and was intended to please his COM
pany and the people of Fort Benton, and
lastly and most of all the windy pump
editor of the Rioer Press. The Press, of
course, will blow, bray and below, but
we have the ass corralled, and q good
solid hold of the ears, and boys lets hold
on, he is not a very dangerous %critter, al
though he looks dangerous, but he has no
| shoes. Twill state that the water here is
now several inches higher than on the Goth
inst, and | will also-make an explanation
as to the so called head of navigation,
the arrival of a boat here at this date does
not demonstrate by any means that Fort
Benton is practically the head of naviga-
ton. A boat may arrive at the present
time, but that does not demonstrate that
they can get here the first or latter part of
August; such has been in the past the av-
erage experience. There are exceptions,
I will admit.
There was a party here a few days ago
from New Yory,, having received from one
of u most prominent business men a suf-
ficient ihducement to come here; after ar
irving he found that he. had been bilked
in the neatest manner. Now if anybody
doubts this statement, [ can bring the gen.
tIeman fourth and if | am not mistaken
you will hear from him shortly in the
| shape of a letter published in the leading
papers of the east, putting forth his griev-
anees and warning the public at large.
| congratulate Mr.. Fry on his good luck
in drawing a snug fortune in the Louisiana
State Lottery. He's a worthy young man
and will take care of his windfall.
Taking it all in all the TRIBUNE stands
today preeminent, with its character as
pure and its future as bright as snow. The
| TRIBUNE is what it was represented
wholly, and the balling, braying and
| squirting of the wind pump editor of the
Press will go on record as having a
thoroughly tested wind capacity.
A CONTINUOUS SUBSCRIBER.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-04-30

GLADSTONE, the grand old man, says he
does not desire a general election for par
lament until the English mind is as ripe
On the Irish question as Welsh and Scotch
minds are, but that time is rapidly advanc-
ing anyhow. He says: 81 am prepared to
face anything to defeat coercion. I con
tinue to hope for much from vigorous ac-
ton on the part of the constituency whose
representatives in parliament have the de-
cisive votes on the issue"
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H Z GOSSIP.

Communicated
The village gossip has again exerted
herself, and al estimable young man has
been slandered. Gossip in its original
meaning, is simply to tell idle tales. 1t
has been magnifed by the acts of man into
a word, to explain the meaning of which
is the object of this article.
There exist in this world certain people
whose only thought is to gossip. People
whose minds are so weak, whose charac-
tiers are SO feeble, where vituperation is SO
prominent, that we in justice wonder that
they eyer were created. People, whose
only thought is to injufe the fair reputa-
iton of some one; to endeavor by insinua-
tons to ruin those who are as far above
them as heaven is above earth. People
so destitute of all that tends to make this
''casket of the SOUP a place worthy to be
occupied by that which may enter the
presence of God, that we stand amazed
and say, is this man. People who are as
venomous as the deadly India cobra-de-
capello, and who should nave the same
swift fate meeted out to them. People
in whose character cannot be found a trace
of common honesty, when the reputation
| of others is the commodity dealt in. Peo-
| pie who do not scruple, in orderto exhibit
their woolfish propensities, to fabricate
and publish willful f~alsehood, to the det-
rimentof some one. People who go about
gathering items of slight slips of the
tongue, and after sufficient have been col
1ected, these human hyenas take delight
in making all the misery they can.
What husband, wife, young man or
| young woman is safe when such people
are well treated and we'll received? Have
a care, you are nourishing a yiperthat will
one day turn and give you so fatal asting,
that years must pass before you recover,
if ever.
While all are in duty bound as christian
men and women, to deal lenlently with
the faults Of others, still, deal with them
in a quiet way until you are satisfied that
they are incerrigible, and are only work
ing harm to yourself and others, then
cool, silent contempt should be shown.
Let him who has been slandered con-
tinue in ever emo of his way regardless
Of what has been said, and show those
who have heard and do not believe. that
he holds himself in too great esteem to
notice the pigmy attacking the giant, the
Liliputians and CULVER.
Let us all, therefore, strive to conquer
this soul-destroying trait in our character
and endeavor in Leu to do all the good we
can, never forgetting the golden rule, "Do
unto others as you would that they should
do to you" \. Y.
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ply problem.

BAD weather has impeded progress on
the Manitoba road, but it will soon be
made up and the tive-mile-a-day gait be
reached and kept up for the season. 1t
would take little over one hundred days at
that rate to reach Great Falls from the
present end of the track. 1t leaves a good
margin for the shortages to say that the
engine will be at Great Falls by September
1st and in Helena q month later.-HernM.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-04-30

THERE are numerous recipes for build
fns up towns, some of which are good
and many are impractical and bad, but the
history Of Fostoria, Ohio, as depicted by
the Toledo Blade, and which the writer
knows to be substantially true in every
particular, is not a bad precedent. The
Blade says: "Fostoria, Ohio, the home of
Ex-Governor Foster, is a city OF about g.
600, only a short distance from Toledo,
and twelve miles from Tifin, a city OF To-
600. Governor Fosters father started a
q general store at the the cross roads, and
when his son Charles became of age he
had studied the secret of building up a
town, He bartered in everything. One
day a druggist came along looking for .
place to locate, and Cearley says: Here,
take these compounds and go across the
street and start a drug store, and if you
havn't the capital I'll help YOU He turned
over his stock Of nails and screws to an
ofher man and started a large hardware
store. but he didn't tell him to spoil his
trade by handling lumber, lime and 9
dozen other articles. Those he reserved
for another new ONE Groceries, cloth
ing, queensHare, etc, followed suit until
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-04-30
OF INTEREST TO LADIES.

Kate Field is a good horsewoman and
very fond of riding.
Illinois has raised the age of protection
for girls to fourteen years.
Five ladies are elected to the city coun-
Gil in Syracuse, Kansas.
A woman who knows enough to "influ-
ence" her husband to vote right, knows
enough to vote right herself
In the Pennsylvania senate, April Is,
the joint resolution submitting a woman
suffrage constitutional amendment was
finally passed-yeas 81, nays 16.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-04-30

which may result in an attempt to impeach
Lieut.. Gov. Jones.
Prescott, Rams. has been wiped out by
a cyclone. Seventeen were killed.
A mysterious bomb exploded in Mil
waukee near the Wisconsin st. bridge.
Northern Minnesota and Wisconsin re-
port heavy SHOWS. AtAshland trains are
blockaded.
A Washington dispatch to the ST. Louis
Republican claims that President Cleve-
land will not accept a denomination.
An old gray bearded tramp, born in
1891 and arrested in Washington for
drunkenness, is found to be a Polish count.
Vernon county, Mo-, had a cyclone that
killed 10 people and destroyed 30 houses.
Portions of Indian territory and Arkansas
were also swept.
The executive committee of the G. A.
r. in session at Chicago sustains Gen.
Fairchiid's order restraining posts from
sending their opinions to newspapers.
The Northern and Southern Pacific
roads continued their arguments before
the commission. Southern New England
roads object to the fourth clause of the
law.
Mr.. Searth, Winnipeg's representative
in the dominion commons, says parliament
will disaIlow the two railway charters just
passed by the Manitoba Legislature. If
this is done it may cause a rebellion.
Secretary Lamar directs Commissioner
Sparks to examine the title of one Green
to some of the Turtle Mountain reserva-
ton lands, andi if correct the whole reserya-
ton of 100000 acres will be opened.
Prominent citizens of New York city,
including Gen. Sherman, have called a
a meeting for q conference in regard to q
movement looking to the perpetual recog-
milton of the birthday of Gen. g. S. Grant.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-04-30

THE Helena Independent seems to have
taken upon itself the task of booming the
Benton water works scheme. Now, we
have no desire to decry any of Benton's
schemes, but we believe this water works
racket will fail. This opinion is the out
growth of conversation with a gentleman
who originally worked out the water sup
pIy problem.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-04-30

SENATOR STEWART of Nevada, who was
in Helena last week, says with proper
management Montana can be admitted to
statehood at the next session. The senator
stated that he proposed Introducing a sort
of omnibus bill that will cover Montana,
Dakota and Washington.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-04-30

THE TRIBUNE management is to be
congratulated upon securing the services
of Mr.. Walter NJ. O'Dwyer, who will
hereafter have editorial charge of this
paper. Mr.. O'Dwyer is a thorough jour
nalist, of large experience, and will be a
valuable acquisition to the fraternity in
Montana 5r-
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-04-30

WE notice that u young friend Fred
Anderson is contributing to the Helena
dailies. Fred is authority upon his spec
ialty. and his articles are read with inter
est by every student of nature. We pre-
dict that Fred will make his mark high
up on the ladder of fame in his chosen
nrofasSion ~
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-04-30

Nor least in Importance among the
great industries which will be built up
about Great Falls will be that Of cutting
and dressing OF the various kinds of build
ing-stone to be found here in such abund-
ance.
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

THE Northeast T'rtbene is the latest
newspaper venture If the territory. 1t is
published at S~tevensville, Missoula county.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-04-30

the town wa made, and MI. Foster, by
the rise of real estate, became a million
aire. His secret was: Divide up and keep
a good stock-encourage emigration
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-20
PETEEsBURG NOTES.
sailor Ppiured-Hni2hts Tempiar-

Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.l
TETEEsBURG, VA, August 10, 1887.
Henry Curtis, sailor on board the
schooner William Finch, loading wood
at City Point for New York, was pain
fully injured a day or two ago by being
caughtunder pile of the falling wood.
He was properly cared for
The Grand Commandery Knights
Templar of Virginia will meet in this
city on Thanksgiving-day, November
Gath. Committees have been appointed
by Appomattox Commandery to look
after the reception and entertainment
of the grand body.
The project Of binding a new hotel
here 10y northern capitalists, which was
SO much talked about some weeks ago,
seems to have been abandoned. as no.
thing has recently been heard about the
matter.
7 he Chamber Of Commerce and our
tohaccOnists generally are discussing
the matter of making Petersburg good
market for bright tobaocos. Proper
Inducements will doubtless be offered
to TIE growers OF this kind of tobacco,
and the next season will probably wit
ness liberal sales here.
Nelson Bonner (coiored, employed
by DR.. Joseph Tucker, of Prince George
county, was instantly killed here this
afternoon while driving double team
on Harrison street. He stepped upon
the wa9on-tonguc to tighten the check
rein of one of the animals, when they
became frightened and started to run:
Bonner fell and one wheel passed across
his head and another broke his neck.
A severe rain-storm. accompanied by
hail. visited this city and section this
evening. ROBIN ADAIR.- IA
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-20
I.oCi.iaw from Heat.

lA'iff II if'4t Ai'fftAl 4''ii4'. fttsl
John Nelson. OF Moline, was over
come by the heat Thursday afternoon
while at work east OF Sylvan island,
where preparations are making for the
putting in OF the new watar-powar
fumes. lie had headache nearly all
the afternoon, and could not force him
self into a pcrspiration. lie drank
plenty of lee water, and kept on wheel
ing away loads OF Garth, not feeling
alarmed lie succunbcd about .
O'Clock. aud had to be taken to his
boarding place. Drs. Sloan and D.
wilson were summoned, aud, seeing his
condition, had little hope Of saving his
lie. They I'D all that was possible
for several hours during the night. lie
was burning hot in every portion of his
body, almost beyond the power OF lee
application f. cool. And his every
muscle seemed to.b e il Jerking CON
WILSON'S When the doctors left HIN
they pronounced his case almost hope
less. Yesterday morning the indicl-
tons were better. he had IA long
sleep. His Jaws were set, however, as
if locked. and it was impossible for
him TO take nourisLmeht. 50 that tAo
probable result could not be predicted
lie is q man about forty years OF aye,
and is said to have a wife aud children
in Sweden.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-20
CRAIG COUNTY.
Good Accounts fro.u That section.

Good Accounts frou That Section.
NV CASTLE, Va, August l6, 1887.
TO tie Editor Of the Dispatch
For the past few days we have been
favored with fine rams, and the pros
pect for fine corn crop was never bet
ter.
Our County Court viii convene on
next Tuesday the Odd, at which time
the Democracy will appoint delegates
to represent Craig coanty in the sena-
torial convention TO be held ut Salem
on the 9th, at which time and place a
senator will be nominated to represent
Montgomery, Roanoke, and Craig in
the next Senate Of Virginia. The eau
didates thus far announced are Hoge
and Ellis of Montgomery and Hoff-
man Of Craig.
Roanoke and Craig will also nomi-
nate candidate for the next House of
Delegates at the same time and place.
Hawkins, Nutter, and Mccartney, Of
Craig, and Martin, Rogers, and Cor
don, OF Roanoke, are mentioned in
connection with the place. All of them
are good men, and any one OF them
can be elected.
We have never seen the Democracy
Of Craig in better fighting trim. We
will give no uncertain sound in No.
yember. VAN BUREN.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-20

in the morning, and the child was thin
ly clad. No clue has yet been found to
the mother OF the child, but she Is be-
fieved to be the same who two years
ago left an infant on the doorsteps OF
Mr.. George w. Oldham, at Tempe.
ranceville, in this county.
Mr.. Joseph Teddemsn, living near
HOMETOWN, had seven valuable hogs
killed by lightning during thunder
storm Tuesday night They we're lying
under tall pine tree when killed.
Baseball is becoming all the rage
over here again, as many as five match
games having been played in the coun-
~ in the last few days.
Sweet potatoes are now being shipped
from this place by steamer every day in
enormous quantities. The quality is
very fine and prices keep up to good
figures. II the prices continue at the
present figures our farmers will all get
out of debt, and some of them will get
rich.
Miss Alice NJ. Pollard, OF Richmond,
has been elected teacher of music in
the Onancock Academy. She was
strongly endorsed by her teachers and
some of the leading citizens OF Rich
mond. KALLIAs.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-20

LrEssURG, Va, AuSust 10, 1887.

LrEsBURG, Va, AuSust 10, 1887.
The crowd to-day WAS not as large as
on yesterday, bat was still quite large
filing both the Baptist church, where
the association was held, anil the
Methodist church, where DR.. A. f..
Dickinson preached.
The pleasant devotional exercises
were led by Rev. Il. IL. Pitt, OF Rich
mOnd.
Rev. G. NJ. Van DcrliD, Of New
York, was called out. and made an
earnest and effective speech, III which
he expressed his great pleasure in at
tending for the first time u Virginia
Baptist Association. Mr.. Van Dcrlip
has been especially kind to southern
preachers and others who haze gone to
New York, and he is, therefore, greeted
with q hearty welcome by his brethren
here.
Mir. Van Derlip closed his speech in
a tender strain, and the association
rose and sang THE Sweet By-and-
Bye"
Rev. L. A. Hall read an excellent re-
port On State Missions, and Hon. II.
X. Ellyson made stirring speech, in
which he spoke OF State missions as the
master-whoel OF the whole beneyo-
lent machinery of the denomination.
Rev. f. II. Boston read a very care
fIlly-prepared report on Digest Of
the Letters and State Of the Churches"
The foIty-four churches Of The a-s1,i1-
ton were all represented and reported
during the past year very general re-
vivals, 3S6 baptisms, and d meilber,hip
of 1879. Seventeen Of the churches
reported contributions to all Of the
boards. while five of them failed to re-
port contributions to any OF the boards.
All of the churches save fOurreported
Sunday schools, while it was hoped
that they had schools, although no
mention of thvm was made in their let
ters. This report elected brief bat
earnest speeches from Rev. $. NJ.
Athey, Rev. G. L. Truett, Rev. Mr..
Lynn, Raleigh Cooper, ESD, Roy. b.
z. Dulin, and Hon. c. f. Nichol.
Mr.. Dulin was granted the privilege
of collecting on the spot, which LIE
did, $50 for new church he was build
ing, and then DR.. Hatcher came to the
front and, in his happiest vein. engi
neered subscription of $500 for a
new house of worship at Manassas.
The association decided to meet next
year in Alexandria, attended to various
matters of routine, and adjourned at
80 7. Mn time for many OF the
delegates to take the cars.
DIR. Dickinson preached at II o'clock
this morning in the Methodist church
to crowded congregation.
Last night the Methodist church was
crowded with a delighted audience to
hear DIR. W. +. Hatcher's famous lee
ture on the advantages of the Mod
ern Dance" The Doctor was in his
happiest vein, and his keen satire, sal
lies Of wit, rich humor, and palpable
hits frequently brought down the house
in uproarious laughter or enthusiastic
applause.
The people of Leesburg seemed
deeply impressed by the meetings, and
certainly the association and its visitors
were deeply impressed by the graceful
and warm-hearted hospitality OF Lees
burg. LANGLEY.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-20
TI1E CITY OF ALEXANDRIA.
an Attempt at suicide - Horse
Eace-Steamer Damaged.
fz,.a.4aI ,al.Oro,n a tho ntapsfch

ALEXANDRIA, VA, August 19.-In
Washington last night Frank Hammill,
of this city, bent on suicide, succeeded
in taking a large dose Of laudanum.
lie was arrested, sent to Providence
Hospital, and his design frustrated.
Drink and cards are the causes assigned.
There is also woman in the case as
usual. Hammil was one of the two
who enc Sunday about two years ago
Jumped on and cut old Jack Keogh
about the face. His father killed him
self here during tine war.
4 large number of Alexandrians
went to Brightwood, beyond Washing
ton, yesterday evening to witness the
race between Bobby Burns and Pilot
Boy. The former won. Best heat,
2:51.
Johnnie Williams, whose case has
been heretofore mentioned, says he
took laudanum by mistake.
The steamer Thompson broke down
at the mouth of Aqua creek this af-
ternoon; nobody injured. = She was
toWed up later.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-20

WANTED. TWENTY-FIVE CAR
W FENrEkS 10 90 to work al onro AZ
West Point, Va. Good wages given. Apply l.
JOSEPH iEPPEKI,
an .J-9t' No. ~ west Grace street